Frank Warren (racing driver)

Frank Henry Warren (September 8, 1934 – August 26, 2024) was an American NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver who raced from 1963 to 1980.^[1]

Frank Warren
Born	(1934-09-08)September 8, 1934 Mount Holly, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	August 26, 2024(2024-08-26) (aged 89) Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.
NASCAR Cup Series career
396 races run over 18 years
Best finish	8th - 1971
First race	1963 Pickens 200 (Greenville-Pickens Speedway)
Last race	1980 CRC Chemicals 500 (Dover Downs International Speedway)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 29 0

Career

Warren had led 72 of the 88,863 laps finished in his career. Warren's total career earnings were $625,886 ($2,388,528.6 when adjusted for inflation), while his average finish was 20th place in his entire career.^[1] The total number of miles raced in his career is 103,495.4 miles (166,559.7 km).^[1]

He was one of the last drivers to campaign a Dodge (Magnum) car in NASCAR up until the end of his days in top stock car circuit in 1980. Lack of funds prevented him from rebuilding his Dodge for the 1981 season when the smaller (110" wheelbase) cars were mandated. In the 1980s, he occasionally competed on the ARCA circuit, running a Chrysler LeBaron. Native Tan was one of his consistent sponsors.

Flat tracks and short tracks were Warren's strongest tracks; where finishes of seventeenth place were considered to be routine. His weakest finishes came on road courses where he was expected to finish around 23rd place on average.^[2]

Post-racing career

After retiring from racing, Frank went to work at Walt Disney World, where he worked for 20 years. It was in Orlando that he met his wife Annette. They have 2 sons. He had 2 children from a previous marriage. On May 17, 2018, Warren was arrested in Augusta. He faced "aggravated child molestation charges" after he was caught being "in a room with a child under the age of 5".^[3] The charges were dropped. He and his family settled down in Southwest Florida.

Warren was also a veteran. He died from complications of Alzheimer's disease on August 26, 2024, at the age of 89.^[4]

Motorsports results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Grand National Series

NASCAR Grand National Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	NGNC	Pts	Ref
1963	N/A	X	Pontiac	BIR	GGS	THS	RSD	DAY	DAY	DAY	PIF	AWS	HBO	ATL	HCY	BRI	AUG	RCH	GPS	SBO	BGS	MAR	NWS	CLB	THS	DAR	ODS	RCH	CLT	BIR	ATL	DAY	MBS	SVH	DTS	BGS	ASH	OBS	BRR	BRI	GPS 9	NSV	CLB 14	AWS	PIF	BGS	ONA	DAR	HCY	RCH	MAR	DTS	NWS	THS	CLT	SBO	HBO	RSD								101st	480	[5]
1964	N/A	80	Pontiac	CON	AUG 13	JSP	SVH 13	RSD	DAY	DAY	DAY	RCH	BRI	GPS	BGS	ATL	AWS	HBO	PIF	CLB	NWS	MAR	SVH	DAR	LGY	HCY	SBO	CLT	GPS	ASH	ATL	CON	NSV	CHT	BIR	VAL	PIF	DAY	ODS	OBS	BRR	ISP	GLN	LIN	BRI	NSV	MBS	AWS	DTS	ONA	CLB	BGS	STR	DAR	HCY	RCH	ODS	HBO	MAR	SVH	NWS	CLT	HAR	AUG	JAC	68th	1508	[6]
1965	Harold Rhodes	79	Ford	RSD	DAY	DAY	DAY	PIF	ASW	RCH	HBO	ATL	GPS	NWS	MAR	CLB	BRI	DAR	LGY	BGS	HCY	CLT	CCF	ASH	HAR	NSV	BIR	ATL	GPS	MBS	VAL	DAY 15	ODS	OBS	ISP	GLN	BRI	NSV	CCF	AWS	SMR	PIF	AUG	CLB	DTS	BLV	BGS																			46th	3814	[7]
			Chevy																																													DAR 8	HCY	LIN	ODS	RCH	MAR	NWS	CLT 43	HBO	CAR 22	DTS
1966				AUG 12	RSD	DAY	DAY 10	DAY 13	CAR	BRI	ATL 11	HCY	CLB	GPS	BGS	NWS	MAR	DAR	LGY	MGR	MON	RCH	CLT 31	DTS	ASH	PIF	SMR	AWS	BLV	GPS	DAY 12	ODS	BRR	OXF	FON	ISP	BRI 36	SMR	NSV	ATL 31	CLB	AWS	BLV	BGS	DAR 26	HCY	RCH	HBO	MAR	NWS	CLT 33	CAR 16														31st	8334	[8]
1967				AUG	RSD	DAY 17	DAY	DAY 47	AWS	BRI	GPS	BGS	ATL 36	CLB	HCY	NWS	MAR	SVH	RCH	DAR 34	BLV	LGY	CLT 12	ASH	MGR	SMR	BIR	CAR 38	GPS	MGY	DAY 12	TRN 18	OXF	FDA	ISP	BRI	SMR	NSV					DAR 10	HCY	RCH	BLV	HBO	MAR	NWS	CLT 14	CAR 29	AWS														24th	9992	[9]
			Ford																																				ATL 22	BGS	CLB	SVH
1968			Chevy	MGR	MGY	RSD	DAY 24	BRI	RCH	ATL 14	HCY	GPS	CLB	NWS	MAR	AUG 7	AWS	DAR	BLV	LGY	CLT 21	ASH	MGR	SMR	BIR	CAR 22	GPS	DAY																																						42nd	611	[10]
	Don Tarr	0	Chevy																										ISP 18	OXF 25	FDA 21	TRN	BRI	SMR	NSV	ATL	CLB	BGS	AWS	SBO	LGY								AUG 19	CLT	CAR	JFC
	Ervin Pruitt	57	Dodge																																							DAR 25	HCY	RCH	BLV	HBO	MAR	NWS
1969	E. C. Reid	80	Chevy	MGR	MGY	RSD	DAY	DAY 20	DAY 19	CAR 33	AUG	BRI 24	ATL 22	CLB	HCY	GPS	RCH	NWS																																																29th	1299	[11]
	Don Tarr	0	Chevy																MAR 26	AWS												DOV 19	TPN 26	TRN 21	BLV 18	BRI	NSV	SMR										CLB 18	MAR	NWS DNQ		SVH 23	AUG 8	CAR	JFC 23	MGR
	Frank Warren	96	Ford																		DAR DNQ	BLV	LGY	CLT 30	MGR 15	SMR	MCH 34	KPT	GPS	NCF	DAY 13								ATL 27	MCH 34	SBO	BGS	AWS	DAR 15	HCY	RCH	TAL Wth				CLT 45
	G. C. Spencer	8	Plymouth																																																						TWS 30
1970	Frank Warren	79	Plymouth	RSD 44	DAY	DAY 12	DAY 20	RCH 21	CAR 30	SVH 16	ATL 13	BRI 30	TAL 11	NWS 13	CLB 14	DAR 27	BLV 15	LGY 17	CLT 27	SMR	MAR 18	MCH 23	RSD 27	HCY 16	KPT 16	GPS 22	DAY 17	AST 19	TPN 14	TRN 15	BRI 6	SMR 18	NSV 11	ATL 30	CLB 21	ONA 14	MCH 19	TAL 24	BGS 20	SBO 14	DAR 25	HCY 20	RCH 22	DOV 13	NCF 21	NWS 12	CLT 28	MAR 23	MGR 27	CAR 26	LGY 9															10th	2697	[12]
1971				RSD 30	DAY 19	DAY	DAY 24		RCH 28	CAR 17		BRI 12					NWS 12	MAR 29				ASH 9																			CLB 20						CAR 35	MGR 10																		8th	2886	[13]
			Dodge					ONT 50			HCY 13		ATL 21	CLB 10		SMR 14			DAR DNQ	SBO 8	TAL 30		KPT 11	CLT 23	DOV 20	MCH 29	RSD 36		GPS 7	DAY 19	BRI DNQ	AST 25	ISP 33	TRN 37	NSV 15	ATL 8	BGS 23	ONA 31	MCH 14	TAL 15			DAR 31	MAR 25	CLT 13	DOV 13			RCH 10	NWS 22	TWS 36
	Roger Lubinski	88	Dodge												GPS 23
	Charlie Roberts	63	Dodge																DAR 32
	H. B. Bailey	36	Pontiac																									HOU 5
	Charlie Roberts	77	Ford																												BRI 7
	Neil Castles	06	Dodge																																							HCY 7

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	NWCC	Pts	Ref
1972	Frank Warren	79	Dodge	RSD 29	DAY 18		ONT 43	CAR 19	ATL 25		DAR 21			TAL 9	CLT 9	DOV 19	MCH 36	RSD	TWS 23	DAY 21	BRI 29	TRN 21	ATL 23	TAL 34	MCH 28		DAR 17	RCH 18	DOV 25	MAR 32	NWS 16	CLT 21	CAR 25	TWS 38	11th	5788.60	[14]
			Plymouth			RCH 15				BRI 15		NWS 20	MAR 18													NSV 14
1973			Dodge	RSD	DAY 16	RCH 22	CAR 15		ATL 16	NWS 21			TAL 24	NSV 20	CLT 23	DOV 24	TWS 13	RSD	MCH 22	DAY 19	BRI 15	ATL 14	TAL 15	NSV DNQ	DAR 24	RCH 14	DOV 37	NWS 21	MAR 15	CLT 35					16th	4992.14	[15]
	Eddie Bond	0	Dodge					BRI 26
	Buster Davis	84	Dodge								DAR 32
	Ulrich Racing	40	Ford									MAR 16												NSV 15							CAR 43
1974	Frank Warren	79	Dodge	RSD	DAY 34	RCH 20	CAR 20	BRI 13	ATL 17	DAR 17	NWS 19	MAR 16	TAL 18	NSV 18	DOV 15	CLT 17	RSD 5	MCH 14	DAY 16	BRI 21	NSV 30	ATL 17	POC 19	TAL 17	MCH 20	DAR 12	RCH 19	DOV 16	NWS 18	MAR 8	CLT 25	CAR 23	ONT 21		13th	820.845	[16]
1975				RSD	DAY	RCH 17	CAR 18	BRI 12	ATL 12	NWS 12	DAR 16	MAR 18	TAL 24	NSV 12	DOV 15	CLT 19	RSD 17	MCH 16	DAY 17	NSV 16	POC 16	TAL 17	MCH 26	DAR 14	DOV 16	NWS 24		CLT 14	RCH 14	CAR 14	BRI 22	ATL 25	ONT 17		12th	3148	[17]
	Dean Dalton	7	Ford																								MAR 12
1976	Frank Warren	79	Dodge	RSD 11	DAY 10	CAR 28	RCH 19	BRI 14	ATL 15	NWS 20	DAR 17	MAR 29	TAL 10	NSV 10	DOV 13	CLT 18	RSD 20	MCH 24	DAY 13	NSV 12	POC 16	TAL 12	MCH 23	BRI 20	DAR 19	RCH 26	DOV 23		NWS 22	CLT 26		ATL 27	ONT 18		16th	3240	[18]
	Dean Dalton	7	Chevy																									MAR 14
	Henley Gray	19	Chevy																												CAR 22
1977	Frank Warren	79	Dodge	RSD 25	DAY 11	RCH 30	CAR 35	ATL 27	NWS 16	DAR 27	BRI 13	MAR	TAL 13	NSV 29	DOV 26	CLT 26	RSD 15	MCH 30	DAY 21	NSV 12	POC 19	TAL 10	MCH 23	BRI 13	DAR 17	RCH 20	DOV 22	MAR 11	NWS 21	CLT 33	CAR 35	ATL 23	ONT 16		16th	2876	[19]
1978				RSD 13	DAY 24	RCH 14	CAR 12	ATL 19	BRI 13	DAR 17	NWS 22	MAR 22	TAL 29	DOV 27	CLT DNQ	NSV 16	RSD 29	MCH 20	DAY 17	NSV 13	POC 18	TAL 33	MCH 24	BRI 15	DAR 12	RCH 23	DOV 21	MAR 21	NWS 24	CLT 25	CAR 16	ATL 33	ONT 23		14th	3036	[20]
		19													CLT 23
1979		79		RSD 27	DAY 10	CAR 9	RCH 21	ATL 22	NWS 17	BRI 20	DAR 17	MAR 18	TAL 8	NSV 20	DOV 21	CLT 21	TWS 19	RSD 22	MCH 22	DAY 40	NSV 14	POC 19	TAL 23	MCH 16	BRI 17	DAR 22	RCH 26	DOV 18	MAR 16	CLT 19	NWS 26	CAR 24	ATL 21	ONT 25	16th	3199	[21]
1980				RSD	DAY QL†	RCH	CAR	ATL 20	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL 19	NSV	DOV	CLT	TWS 17	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL 33	MCH 31	BRI	DAR 23	RCH								40th	559	[22]
		9																										DOV 25	NWS	MAR	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT
† – Qualified but replaced by Jim Hurlbert

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1966	Harold Rhodes	Chevrolet	20	16
1967			35	47
1968			31	24
1969	E. C. Reid	Chevrolet	50	19
1970	Frank Warren	Plymouth	24	20
1971			37	24
1972		Dodge	7	18
1973			34	16
1974			28	34
1976	Frank Warren	Dodge	34	10
1977			33	11
1978			34	24
1979			24	10
1980			QL†
† - Qualified but replaced by Jim Hurlbert